Seismic vulnerability for masonry housing and its registration in risk scenarios in the city of Moquegua

Abstract

The investigation circumscribes the city of Moquegua and includes the populated centers of San Francisco, Chen Chen, San Antonio, Los Ángeles, Estuquiña, Samegua and the Moquegua fence, with the objective of determining the type of seismic vulnerability, based on the information of physical vulnerability The construction material and number of floors that each building has, included in the investigation, will be determined from the housing structures. The methodology to obtain the information on the characteristics of 23 025 homes was using the Seismic Vulnerability format in buildings (Lazares, 1994) and its improvement (Del Carpio, 2016), the results of the data collection allowed to determine the seismic vulnerability. The results become important for the contribution of preventive information for decision makers in the growth of cities.